Educational playing-cards



C. BRI'TTON.'

EDUCATIONAL PLAYING CARDS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1918 1,327,01 9.Patented Jn. (i, 1920.

eoozrn BRITTON, or Moulin, inra-noie.

EDCATIONAL PLAYING-CARDS.

isernia Specication of Letters Patent.

Patenten aan. e, ieee.

Application filed March 7, 1918. Serial No. 220,997.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Cooznz BRrr'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of lllin'ois,have invented certain new 'and i useful Improvements in EducationalPlaying-Cards, of which the following is a specifieation.

This invention relates to playing cards and card games, .and pertainsespecially to cards for playing educational games of various character.l

The object oi' the invention is to provide a deck or set of cardscontaining such indicia as to constitute means for playing a pluralityof educational games differing in character and subject, whereby thememory may be tested in competition, and the mind of the players may becultivated while enjoying the pleasure of playing the games. A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a full complement of playing cardsforming the usual 'number or deck, both faces of each card having suchindicia as'to afford means for playing eight different games with thesame deck of cards.

A still further obj ectof the invention is to provide a' deck of cards,oiie'faee of each card being divided into three parts, and the otherface of each card being` divided into four sections, whereby the cardfaces may be readily distinguished and differentiated, so that there maybe no confusion in playing the. games independently.

l Various other objects and advantages are attainablev in playing gameswith the cards hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application:

Figure l is an elevation, showing one face of a card.

Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the other face of the same card. c

Figs. 3' and l, are similar Views, showing the faces of other cards.

AThe same numeral references'denote the same parts in theseveral viewsof the drawings..

The cards shown in the drawings exemplify the invention for playingseven different games, and the indiciashown thereon are specimens ofsuch as appear on companion cards of the full deck of fifty six cards.The cards are vprinted with a blue "border and red lines on a white background. i

The cards .l are preferably of the usual cardboard material and arepreferably of the usual size and shape as the ordinary playing cardsirl`he face of the lard shown in Fig. l of ,the drawings has a centralcross line 2, and a central line 3 perpendicular to the line andextending 'therefrom to the bottom edge of the card. vide this face ofthe card into an upper section i vanditwo lower sections 5 and Grespectively. The section si is provided with indicia, such as 'T and 7,for playing the games of Proverbs and of Poeiusl respectively.` Thesection 5 contains such indicia as 8 for playing a gaine of Advice Thesection G contains suchi'ndicia as 9 for playing a game of llllectingPresidents.

The reverse side or face of this card, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,is divided into four sections l0, ll, l2 and 13 by a central cross linell and a central perpendicular line l5; The section l() contains suchindicia as 1.6 for playing a game of "llisteryf7 with 4a. space foranswers. The `section' ll contains the gaine title Cral Arithmetic. Thesection l2 contains such indicia as l? for a Spelling Bee gaine. Thesection i3 contains the game title Question Box with a space 't'oranswers.

l`lie card faces shown in Figs. 3 and a, are divided into sections asliereinbefore described andas shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings,and have the same gaine titles, but differentV indicia from each otherand from the card faces shown 'in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings.

Obviously, .upon deciding which of the eight games is to be played, forexample, Historyf the deck of cards is shuilied and distributed four toeach of four players, who naturally center their minds on theirparticular game and disregard all other game titles of the cards. V

Each player in turn asks the questionas found on his card. The player orplayers giving` incorrect answers shall discard a card, andthe playerlirst answering correctly the greater number of questions wins the game.g

The Oral rtritlnnetie game is similarly played, but by mentalcalculations and without using pencil or pen.

Tlie,Spelliiig- Bee and Question Box games are similarly played.

The Advice and Hie Proverbs and These lines diioe lPoeins games are4played by reading the Icards.

n the Electing lfesiderits/ab gaine answers tov Quiestions are 'to beWritten on the cards'held by the players asking the questions, and thecards held by the playersv 'will containd'iierent questions' and answersrelative to the, merits vand qualications oi!- tbe ,respective politicalcandidates for Presiu dent. Obviously, two to. four cards may be drawnby each player from' theirernaining deck after the .first deal, or'inaybe mutually decided upon, according' tothe gamecto be y played andbefore starting the game.

4In ,playing all the, games it ivill be seen that they' are instructive,testing tbe memory, and instilling the mind and thoughts with beneficiallmowledge.4

y ldo not Wish. to be understood as conning myself t'o any particularindicia, title of games', or size and material of tbe cards as varioustitles and suitable indicia thereunder lmaybe used in producing one setor deck of cards for playinga plurality of games.v

` 1 The indicia shown" on the card -aces ofthe drawings are merelyspecimens' of subyjects and matter for `playing the. several y didates,lfzeepiiigtally,4 according time ycards dealt them' and which theyv maydr'i'iw y.

from the 'deck during the game .Having tltiu's1 described my invention,'what fl claim as new and desire to secure by Letf ters Patent is V:

A set of educational playing;l cards comn prising a plurality of cardshaving reversi 'blefaces certain of the'faces being linef vdivided intosections having proverbs and poems, advice, 'and election of lPresidentsprinted thereon, and the reverse face of tbe cards being l1nedividedinto sections liarL ing' questions printed thereon so as to leave aspace for answers.

In Wi'tnessvwhereof I yhereunto set hand'in tbe'presenoe of twoWitnessesn cooziii Bngirioii. Witnesses: l

H'AZBL A. MCCASKRIN, HARRY M. MCICASKRIN.

